and driven to the army camp located not necessary and is used only for hu- near Ferres. They were taken to a large miliating and degrading purposes by the room with 20-30 other people including Greek police. As a result, this practice vi- a family and women with their children. olates Art. 3, ECHR. The military forced them to strip naked Threats or Violence with a Firearm in front of the other people in the room, humiliating and exposing them in front of men, women and children. As soon as The use of firearms during the pushba- they were all naked, the officers started ck process in Greece is another issue beating them with their batons. They that is raised by BVMN. Indeed, firearms were then brought to the Evros River to are declared to be used in 15% of tes- be returned to Turkey. timonies for beating, threat or warning purposes. On the 31st of August 2020, 16 people crossed the border from Meric, Turkey. The respondent is a 26-year-old man, 12 of them continued while the respon- who on Sunday 4th October 2020, along dent and three of his friends continu- with his group, crossed into Greece via ed by foot until they reached Alexand- the Evros River. On the 6th October, the roupoli where they were going to take group was apprehended by Greek poli- the bus. The officers got on the bus and ce officers. Since several men were afra- asked them for their nationality and for id, they started to flee. The police, while passports or other IDs. Considering that ordering them to stop, fired into the air. they did not have either, they were han- No one was targeted and the shots were dcuffed and driven to a detention site in fired to intimidate the group. Afterwards, Didymoteicho. Once arrived, one of the the officers started beating and kicking officers took him by his feet and drag- the group with batons while insulting ged him across the floor while another them. They set on fire all the personal burned him with his cigarette. Along belongings they could find in their poc- with 70-80 other individuals, they were kets and took them back to the Turkish forced to undress. Men, women and border. children were all in a single room and completely naked in front of each other. On the 10th of December 2020, the They stayed in this situation for around respondent along with 23 other peop- 24 hours and were then taken at the Ev- le-on-the- move left the Turkish coast. ros River. When their dinghy landed on Lesvos, someone from the transit group called peop- the UNHCR. They said they would come le-on-the-move in police custody, being and asked for their location. In the mor- performed regularly and without any ning, the group called again and the necessity to prevent disorder or crime, is UNHCR informed them that they had Forced undressing of 7